Saturday, September 17, 2005
Upcoming Events at 1st Presbyterian Church
Saturday, September 17 - Worship at 6PM
Sunday, September 18 - All ages Sunday School begins at 9:30AM. Worship begins at 10:45AM. This is the last week for our Hurricane Katrina Relief jar. We will still accept donation beyond Sunday, however they will need to be made through the church office.
Monday, September 19 - Cancer Support Group meets at 7Pm in the Fellowship Hall.
Wednesday, September 21 - Communicant's Class begins at 6:30PM. Choir Rehearsal begins at 7PM.
Friday, September 29 - The Pike County Relay for Life will be held at the Fairgrounds beginning at 6PM. We are again staffing the food concession during the evening with all proceeds to go to the American Cancer Society. We need workers and other help. For more info contact Betty Mitchell.
Saturday, October 1 - We will celebrate the Lord's Supper during worship at 6PM.
Sunday, October 2 - World Communion/Peacemaking Sunday. Sunday School 9:30AM. Worship 10:45AM. We are encouraging Cancer survivors to wear their survivor t-shirt to church on October 2. The Lord's Supper will be celebrated and we will receive the Peacemaking Offering with 25% of the offering to go towards local peacemaking efforts.
Sunday October 9 - Ingathering for Festival of Sharing at Providence/Concord Church.
October 14-15 - YoutFest and Festival of Sharing at State Fairgrounds in Sedalia.
We hope to have materials available for the Advent Devotional by October 2. Writers are needed to make this project a success.
Monday, September 12, 2005
Local Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Presbyterian Efforts in Hurricane Katrina Relief
The information below comes from Presbyterian Disaster Assistance(PDA) regarding Hurricane Katrina Relief it is current as of 3:30PM on September 7, 2005. More detailed reports can be found at
As the aftermath of the hurricane has unfolded, it has become clear that PDA will be active on several fronts:
- Organizing — Supporting Presbyteries in organizing their own response and planning for long-term recovery. We already have a request from Mississippi Presbytery for $1 Million.
- Shelter — Training and supporting churches that have agreed to become short and long-term shelters for evacuees. Developing a protocol for matching evacuees with offers of housing is becoming an urgent concern, one shared by most of our ecumenical partners.
- Work Site Staging — Setting up, and initially running, staging sites for recovery operations with the support of Norwegian Church Aid. We are hoping to have the first site up and running within the next two weeks. PDA has agreed to allow the American Baptist Church to direct volunteer teams to our National Call Center to register and to use our worksite staging areas while in the area.
- Care to the Caregivers — Long term pastoral and spiritual care for pastors and church leaders, as well as training for those who will do spiritual care in the community, are developing in the presbyteries affected. We are expecting to plan retreats for pastors from the affected areas in October or November and follow up with Compassion Fatigue training similar to what we are doing in Florida for Hurricane Dennis survivors and the 2004 Hurricane affected areas.
- Organizing PDA to support all of these activities — In addition to the PDA National Call Center set up at Ferncliff, we have set up warehousing operations in Houston to support our work on the ground and collect our new Personal Health Kits and Hope-in-a-Box Kits for distribution to shelters.
This week at 1st Presbyterian Church
Here are just a few of the upcoming events at 1st Presbyterian Church, Bowling Green
WE ARE RECEIVING AND ACCEPTING CASH DONATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF EFFORTS. ALL FUNDS WILL BE FORWARDED TO PRESBYTERIAN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (PDA). FOR REAL-TIME UPDATES ON PDA'S ACTIVITIES CHECK OUT THIS LINK http://www.pcusa.org/pda
Saturday, September 10 - Champ Clark Heritage Day! Our Youth Group are selling luminaries in support of the Relay for Life. 5:30PM - Marvin Darnell & Barbara Smith will be joined in holy matrimony in our sanctuary!
Sunday, September 11 - Sunday School for all ages begins at 9:30AM. Worship begins at 10:45AM.
Wednesday, September 14 - Session meets at 6PM in the library. Choir Rehearsal 7PM in the sanctuary.
Monday, September 19 - CE Committee meets at 6PM.
Friday, September 30-Saturday, October 1 - Relay for Life at the Pike County Fairground. We are again staffing the food stand on Friday evening with all proceeds to benefit the Relay for Life. We need $ donations and workers.
Sunday, October 2 - World Communion Sunday! We will receive the Peacemaking Offering and the Deacon's Mile of Pennies offerings during worship.
Thursday, October 6 - Presbyterian Women Fall Gathering at 1st Presbyterian Church, Mexico, MO
Sunday, October 9 - Festival of Sharing Ingathering at Providence/Concord Church.
October 14-15 - YouthFest & Festival of Sharing at State Fairgrounds in Sedalia.
